Mantra 15
Sukta 9.66
Rishi: Traditionally: Soma Pavamāna corpus; specific rishi attribution varies by Anukramaṇī for this hymn (needs project-level authority file).
Devata: Soma Pavamāna; explicit relation to Indra (Soma’s chief drinker).
Chandas: Likely Jagatī; verify metrically.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ पवस्व गविष्टये महे सोम नृचक्षसे । एन्द्रस्य जठरे विश ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
आ प॑वस्व॒ गवि॑ष्टये म॒हे सो॑म नृ॒चक्ष॑से । एन्द्र॑स्य ज॒ठरे॑ विश ॥
Transliteration
ā́ pavasva gáv-iṣṭaye mahé sóma nṛ-cákṣase | ā́ índrasya jaṭháre viśa ||
Translation
Purify and flow to us for the winning of the Rays (go); O Soma, for the great seeing of the soul in man: enter into the belly of Indra, the force that conquers.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
आ । पा॒व॒स्व॒ । गोऽइ॑ष्टये । म॒हे । सो॒म॒ । नृ॒ऽचक्ष॑से । आ । इन्द्र॑स्य । ज॒ठरे॑ । वि॒श॒ ॥आ । पावस्व । गोइष्टये । महे । सोम । नृचक्षसे । आ । इन्द्रस्य । जठरे । विश ॥ā | pāvasva | go-iṣṭaye | mahe | soma | nṛ-cakṣase | ā | indrasya | jaṭhare | viśa
Word by Word
आforth, towards (intensifying/goal-directed prefix)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
पवस्वpurify yourself; flow (as purified Soma)
पवस्व:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपू (धातु) / pū ‘to purify’
गविष्टयेfor cattle-winning; for the gaining of cows
गविष्टये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootगविष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) / gaviṣṭi ‘desire for cows, cattle-winning’
महेfor the great (one)
महे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक) / mahat ‘great’
सोमO Soma
सोम:
—
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक) / soma
नृचक्षसेfor the man-seeing (one)
नृचक्षसे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootनृचक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक) / nṛ-cakṣas ‘having men as (his) gaze; man-seeing’
एन्द्रस्यof Indra
एन्द्रस्य:
—
TypeNoun (possessive adjective in -a?)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) / indra
जठरेin the belly
जठरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजठर (प्रातिपदिक) / jaṭhara ‘belly, stomach’
विशenter
विश:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविश् (धातु) / viś ‘to enter’